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Girls hope to build on 2012-13 basketball season

Two seniors chosen

honorary captains

By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican It’s the end of the season for Lady Longhorn basketball, and with it, Coach Nancy Sorensen has announced honorary team captains for the season. She also took time to review the season, which ended for Chase County earlier this month in the subdistrict first round game, and look forward to 2013-14. The team’s two seniors, Morgan Fisher and Bethany Sorensen, were chosen by their teammates as the 2012-13 honorary team captains. Coach Sorensen said she asks the team to select honorary team captains who reflect a number of qualities. At the top of the list is leadership on and off the court. Other qualities considered include getting along with fellow players, having the confidence of teammates, a calm and confident demeanor, being competitive in a positive way, sportsmanship and reflecting the team’s personality. Sorensen credited both seniors as having all of those qualities. They will be missed, she said. Fisher and Sorensen both recorded four years of high school basketball as guards, but both were versatile. The coach said Fisher was “a great passer” and usually on the money when dishing the ball off to a teammate. Sorensen will be remembered for “seeing all of the floor,” she said. The intangibles they contributed to the team, such as hustle, keeping emotions in check and the pressure defense they provided, won’t show up in the stats, the coach added. “A lot of time, you will see seniors just show up for their last year, but these two continued to improve,” even during their senior season, she said. In a look to next year, Coach Sorensen said there will be a good number of returners with a lot of experience. Added to that are an expected big group of incoming freshmen that will help team depth. There were 16 eighth graders on the junior high roster this season. Just two freshmen are listed on the 2012-13 roster. Season stats The Lady Longhorns finished the season with a 7-18 record, one more win than the previous season. The team played two more games during 2012-13—one additional holiday tournament game and three vs. two SPVA tournament contests. The team’s scoring leader was junior Kaycee Bubak, who tallied 133 points for a 5.3 point-per-game average. Others in the top five were Bethany Sorensen, 106, 4.4 avg.; Kristen Jussel, 85, 4.0 avg.; Paige Spady, 80, 3.2 avg.; and Bridget Langin, 79, 3.2 avg. Other individual stats were as follows: Rebounds (avg. per game)—Bubak 6.4, Langin 4.2, Sorensen 4, Makala Bartels 3.2, Spady 3.1. Assists (avg. per game)—Sorensen 1.9, Spady 1.1, Langin one. Steals (avg. per game)—Sorensen 2.2, Spady 2, Fisher 1.9, Bubak 1.3, Langin 1.3.